Chapter 1: Your name is John Egbert…
Your name is John Egbert and it has been a long day.
It's hard to believe that only this morning you were just a normal 13-year old kid excited to play a game with some of your friends. Since then you've travelled to a new dimension, talked to aliens, created yourself and all your friends from weird paradox-slime and died in order to become a demi-god. Now you're somewhere outside of the known universe, on board a battleship flying at nearly the speed of light, piloted by your paradox-sister who you only met for the first time a few minutes ago, who just happens to now omnipotent and part furry.
"Errr…John, are you there?" She asks,
"Yeah, I guess I just zoned out there for a minute, it's been a long day, you know?" you reply
"Yeah, it has ...Bet it beats any other birthday party you've had though?" She replies, An almost child-like grin on her face.
You force a smile at your ecto-sister's relentless optimism.
Your voice is grave for a moment "People died, Jade… but I guess it all turned out okay in the end, and we had some fun along the way didn't we? After all, we wouldn't have finally met without all this happening?"
"yeah, you're right" She smiles "Anyway, If I'm going to send you to travel with the Trolls, we're gonna have to do this quickly, they'll be starting on their journey soon"
"I'm still not sure I'm happy about leaving you here for three years"
She gestures to the ring of planets suspended just behind her, "I'm not alone, remember? And I know you've wanted to meet the trolls for a while now; didn't one of them have a crush on you or something? You should totally go meet her!"
"If you're sure about this…" you begin
"I am!" she interrupts "One thing before you go, take this with you, you'll need it" She produces a bucket from her sylladex and hands it to you. Confused, you captchalogue it. "Why did y-…" you don't get to finish the question, because Jade jumped at you. You brace yourself, but rather than colliding with you, there's a blinding flash of green light, and all of a sudden you find yourself flying through the air. As you fly through the air, you hear a snipet of unfamiliar conversation.
"...where are you going?" a male voice asks,
"Clown Hunting" A disembodied female voice responds.
Your glasses slip away from your face, and as quickly as your flight began it abruptly stops as you collide with fuzzy grey wall.
As you fumble around on the floor, you quickly realise that the wall you collided with was alive...and angry. You awkwardly untangle yourself from the blurry grey blob and someone wordlessly presses your glasses into your hand, you mumble "thank you" and slip them back into place before standing up and brushing yourself off.
"John?" Dave asks, an incredulous note slipping past the coolkid facade.
"Yeah, It's me" you reply
"How did y-"
"Jade" you interrupt "She's god-teir now, That means we're all god-tier right? How cool is that? It's like we're a super hero team, or..."
A rather angry voice interrupts "Fuck! are we absolutely sure that there aren't any more humans about to drop down from the sky or crawl out of the woodwork while my back is turned? Anyway, I don't have the time or inclination to go through everything that was just said again, in short: your all god tiers now, neat, as you can see the Green sun is pretty fucking undestroyed, and according to your orange-robed friend, we're all going to travel to the new session together, meaning we're all stuck on this asteroid for 3 fucking years"
"jeez man, take a breath occasionally, you must be Karkat, and I'm guessing that's Terezi over there"
She waves at you "Hi John!"
"And I'm afraid I don't recognise anyone else"
A four-horned troll with weird vacant black and white eyes waves, "Hey, I'm Sollux"
"Nice to meet you, Sollux" you reply
A female troll in a red dress introduces herself, "Hi, I'm Kanaya, We haven't spoken before, but I've talked to Rose"
"Nice to meet you too" You reply, Feeling slightly overwhelmed by the parade of unfamiliar faces
Another female troll in a red god-hood, strikingly similar to Dave's new outfit introduces herself "Nice to meet you, I'm Aradia"
"I'm guessing you're the Troll's Hero of Time?"
"Yes! That's me, I'm the Maid of Time" She smiles
"But I thought you guys only had one god tier?" you puzzle "Also, nice to meet you too!"
"I ascended Late, and when I did, my robot exploded and I guess everyone assumed I was dead" She replies
Karkat's angry tone interjects again "Right if we've all finished being fucking civil, I'd like to get away from that sun before my eyes are fucking burnt out of my skull, and I need to find my fucking clown asshole friend before our rainbow drinker friend here decides she likes the taste of his blood and decides to chainsaw him in fucking two" He whirls around and storms off
"Rainbow Drinker?" You turn to Dave, confused
"Troll Vampire" the coolkid responds, nodding
"Ah" you reply, still confused "Could one of you tell me where Vriska is? I'd like to finally met her in person"
All of a sudden a deathly silence overcomes the trolls, Even Karkat - who'd only managed a few paces - stopped in his tracks.
One by one, all of the trolls slowly turn to Terezi.
"Really Guys? You're going to make me... Fine" She Turns to you "I'm really sorry John..."
You feel a sharp pang in your chest, you almost can't bring yourself to ask "What is it?"
"I'm Sorry John, but I had to...I...I...I..." You get the feeling that she is close to tears "I'm sorry, I didn't want to... I... I'm really sorry" Her voice drops to a hoarse whisper "I Killed Vriska, John, Sorry" With that, a sob escapes her lips and rivers of teal begin running down her cheeks.
Had your mind been functioning coherently at that point, you would have noticed Dave take a half-step towards her and hesitating before she ran and buried her face in Karkat's chest, sobbing uncontrollably.
However as soon as Terezi uttered those words, you were far from coherent. Time seemed to stretch and warp as you struggled to comprehend Vriska Dead? But How? And Why? Your heart feels like a lead weight in your chest. A small rational part of your mind poses the question Why is an alien girl you never met having this effect on you? Unable to answer the question you push it away. Feeling your own tears welling up, you silently turn away from the group to aimlessly wander the asteroid
When Dave finds you, you're slumped against a hard concrete wall on the dark side of the Asteroid, staring blankly out into the furthest ring. Alone with your thoughts, your tears having long since dried up. Your unsure how much time has passed, it could have been hours or minutes since you arrived. "Hey John!" He calls
"Hey Dave" You croak a reply, looking up briefly
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"No" You croak, returning your stare into the abyss
He leans against the wall next to you, gazing out into the darkness, expression hidden behind his ever-present sunglasses. "I'm here if you change your mind"
You show no evidence of having even heard his voice.
An indeterminable amount of time passes. Neither of you speak or move from your positions, Him hands in pockets, leaning casually against the wall gazing into the dark. You, Sat against the wall, Knees pulled against your chest, staring outwards blankly, wrestling with your thoughts.
Eventually, you find your voice. You're not sure who you're talking to - Dave or Yourself - but it helps. After a faltering start, the words begin to flow easier.
"I... I...Didn't even know her that well really... I mean, We talked alot, but It was only really one day, It seemed like so much longer because of everything that happened, first it was me and Rose trying to figure everything out, then there was you and Jade, and then the Trolls, and then there was the plan and causing the scratch. I guess when you look back on it now, it was all happening so fast. One Question keeps going round and round in my head: Why do I feel this way about a girl I barely knew? I mean, she told me some things she said she never told anybody else, and I guess I thought she was cool, but she was kinda crazy at the same time, you know she killed thousands of trolls right? I couldn't really have fallen in love with her could I? I mean, I've never heard her speak or seen a picture of her, all I really know is that She's a crazy Internet troll that types in blue and has a thing for the number 8, And Now i'll never get to know her any better..."
Suddenly overcome with emotion you quickly get to your feet, Dave finally moves from his position, standing back upright.
"Thanks for listening to all that Dave, it must have sounded pretty terrible to you"
"Don't sweat it bro, it was nothing"
"Thanks man" you respond
"Just don't tell anyone"
You raise an eyebrow quizzically.
"Nobody must ever know" his voice is serious, but tinged ever so slightly with humor
"Ohhh...I get it, nobody must ever know the cool-kid has a soft, emotional side, or he looses all credibility. Got it. My Lips are sealed." Your joke almost manages to Peirce your black mood.
Your head is starting to swim with thoughts, if you don't do something to distract yourself, you fear you might break out crying again. Turning on your heel, you pick a direction and stride purposefully into the bowels of the asteroid.
"Where are you going?" His voice already sounds distant
You look back over your shoulder "I'm just going for a walk, I might be some time"
END OF CHAPTER 1
In an appropriately MSPA style, I'll put a "command" here when I post the next chapter, I'm pretty sure hyperlinks don't work here, so just imagine that's what you're clicking when you hit the "next chapter" button ::::P
John: 8e the spidertroll
Author's Notes:
So there you have it, The first fanfiction I've written in a long while, my first for this site, and my first Homestuck fanfiction, how's that for a 3x firsts combo? ::::D
Anyway, I hope that this wasn't too terrible to read. Unfortunately this is quite a dialogue-heavy chapter, although I tried to keep it interesting. I hope that nobody was acting too far out of character, and that the Emotional stuff was believable and not too corny.
Thank you for reading!
P.S. This Fanfiction will likey be M-rated due to Karkat's mouth, but I do plan on including Lemons in later chapters, however I don't have any experience writing that kind of stuff, so It might not happen.